Blaugrana face Arsenal after what Caroline Graham Hansen calls an ?emotional? campaign under a new manager
Normalising the extraordinary. Even in their ?worst season?, Barcelona are going for a second quadruple in a row and fourth consecutive Women?s Champions League title. Few may have predicted that late last year, after a defeat at Manchester City prompted a new narrative: this was the season they were finally not going to win anything.
In the end, they won the Liga F title but only after losing twice. That may not sound terrible but it is the first time since the 2018-19 season they have been defeated more than once in the league. So a crisis of some sort. The loss at City also prompted some soul-searching for a team in their first season with a new manager, Pere Romeu replacing Jonatan Gir?ldez last summer.
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